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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
Not really. It's been stated before, so there's really no use in continuing to re-iterate said points over and over and over again.
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You are being needlessly obtuse. Either explain why you find something insulting so we can either rectify or explain OR suck it up and stop wingeing. Seriously. If you have an issue with something I've said, tell me what it is.
As it is, I agree with Politicophile, you are being sophomoric.
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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
For argument's sake, let's just assume that Christianity did borrow the idea of a flood from other religions in the reason. How would you qualify the striking similarities between Christian belief, Mayan belief and many Native American beliefs regarding a great flood? Mere coincidence, right?
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I have already said that I have no problem with the idea that there was a great flood of some sort but I am also interested that many creation etiologies start with a world of water (including the book of Genesis). I am not surprised that when "starting over" the story would go back to a world of water.
To recap:
1) probably was some sort of flood or rising waters or great period of rainfall.
2) Mythologies grew out of these cataclysms - the most typical being the Gods are angry and washed the place clean.
If you wish to believe that the Noah story was real and happened just because it was in Bible, that's your business.